Aramintai

True that 😂

Hard agree with everything you're saying.
If it was a kdrama, some especially ridiculous parts of it start looking a bit like makjang, lol.

The actress I think was just plain tired while filming it, she was telling about her being severly exhausted after back to back projects culminating in Mo Li. Even got a proper break in many years after it.
Also, while this role here looks like her typical typecast one, something in it maybe was too hard for her to portray convincingly. Still, the character itself is fascinating.

She def up to no good. I saw teasers.

I kinda doubt that the army stationed at the foot of the mountain knows what happened. They didn't have a clue when FL was leaving, so I doubt they know anything now.
They're stationed there to make sure nobody gets in or out. That's about it.

Judging by the teasers it was some sort of plague. We'll learn soon enough.

He gets around the same amount of screen time. But def way more boring character than FL, she's the show stealer.

If they don't bury him or spread his ashes, he can still return. It's a drama, lol.

Exactly. You nailed it - romance development and their acting doesn't look natural.

Yea, agree to disagree.

It's not about any side characters. It's mainly the main couple, not feeling it, seen better from both actors. Something's missing here.

They've also been saying they understand each other well, while keeping tons of secrets. It also looked for a while now that they've basically skipped a few steps in this relationship and are acting like an old married couple that only interacts doing mundane stuff at home. Where is the developing believable romance? FL narrating her teenage crush isn't it. And they've barely been on one sort of date.

I get that love can be expressed in various ways, this here is just maybe not my cup of tea. Never liked slow mundane soap in dramas.

I don't think he's dead yet. He was found pretty quickly. And what was the point of showing him with that travelogue girl if he just quickly dies like that.

The off limits proclamation was 8 yeras ago. They didn't die straight away. They've been living there fine until around 3 years ago.

CL? What is it?

Their couple is not clicking with me either. Dunno what it is, the acting or writing. On her own she's great to watch though, when she's plotting something.

She's a former consort of the late emperor. And also her friend (allegedly).

That Su bish that came to ML's house on pretenses of being sick - she's been faking it, right? Looked obv.

Somehow the more villains are plotting, the less interesting it becomes, often cartoonish. Def not the brightest I've seen. The empress dowager is especially dull to watch.
FL's scheming and mountain mystery is the only thing that keeps me going. Romance is getting too soapy, tbh. Not my cup of tea.

Looks like she's been living there alone 3 years max, probably less.

Watch until episode 4. You'll get ML's pov. Characters are often not what they seem initially.

It's FL centric. ML is there to love her mainly. But there's some side stuff that he does, like working at prefecture and investigating court cases.